This page includes links to data sources and additional readings.

1. For recent national accounts data, go to Statistics Canada . They also provide some thorough information on the new Chain Fisher measure of real GDP and its components. 

To access CANSIM, search for it on the library's website, under the databases tab. Access either interface (CANSIM @ CHASS or CANSIM @ ESTAT). (Note: If you try this from off-campus, you may need to use the Queen’s library webpage and click the "Connect from Off-Campus"; read the link ‘MORE INFORMATION’ if you haven’t already set up a ‘web-proxy’.)

2. DRI Basic Economics are on a national level, taken from over one hundred U.S. Government and private publications. Examples include balance of payments, exchange rates, financial series, population, prices, projections, housing, and labor. (Note: Once again, if you are off-campus, you can only access this database through Queen’s library webpage.)

3. Every year the IMF pulishes its World Economic Outlook , which contains forecasts for many macroeconomic aggregates and many countries. You'll find their reports on individual countries by following the same link.

4. The NBER provides business cycle dates for the United States (comparable to those in Table 8.1). Also on business cycles, Nouriel Roubini of Stern School of Business, N.Y.U., provides an interesting glossary of business cycle indicators.

5. Chapter 12 contains an Application on the Japanese slump of the 1990s (and beyond). For some commentary, see Paul Krugman's Japan page .

6. A superb source for exchange rate data is Werner Antweiler's Pacific exchange rate service at UBC. His background information on the Euro is excellent too.

7. For the actions of the Bank of Canada see some key indicators on the right handside of the homepage and the quarterly monetary policy report . The Bank also provides a very interesting history of the Canadian dollar.

8. The federal government's annual financial report provides details of its budget. The report comes with informative fiscal reference tables. For a very different view of public finance, see the alternative federal budget issued by the Centre for Policy Alternatives.

9. Solow model: To see how changes in parameters can affect the results in the Solow model, visit the website following this link.